Fish-tank on transporting-car or the like.



No. 850,316. 'PATENTED APR. 16, 1 907.

' G. REINHARDT.

.FISH TANK ONYTRANSPORTING' (JARS OR THE LIKE. APPLICATION PILIFD NOV- 8, 1904.

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GOTTHOLD REINHARDT, OF DRESDEN, GERMANY.

FISH-TANK ON TRANSPORTING-CAR OR THE LIKE.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GOTTHOLD REINHARDT, a subject of the German Emperor, and a resident of Dresden-A, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fish Tanks on Transporting Cars or the Like, of which the following is a specifica- In order that when transporting living fish Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 8, 1904. Serial No. 281,964.

Patented April 16, 1907.

The device can of course also be used on a car witlrone axle. It is immaterial whether the air-pump is arranged in or under the car and in what way itis actuated by the axle of the car.

What I "claim as my invention, and desire to secure iby United States Letters Patent, 1s.

In an apparatus for transporting live fish the oxygen required by the same for breaththe combination of a truck, Wheels, axles ing may be constantly renewed in the water by a continuous supply of fresh air, the pres- I ent invention pro oses to provide the transporting-cars for 'sh-reservoirs with an air pump which is actuated by the axle of a wheel and presses air through the water of the fish-reservoirs.

On the accompanying drawing is represented a car with a fish-reservoir and with the said device in a longitudinal section.

The fish-reservoir a is carried by the twoaxle car I). At the bottom of the car is fastened the air-pump c The piston of the airpump is moved by a slide-rod e and toothed gear f g, actuated by a wheel-axle. The air is conveyed from the air-pump through a conduit it into the reservoir a below the surface of the water and preferably through a distributer 'i, arranged at the bottom of the reservoir in order to bring about a thorough distribution of the air in the Water.

connecting said wheels, cog-wheel mechanism attached to one of said axles, an airpump fixed on the truck, said air-pump being actuated by the cog-wheel mechanism, a tank containing water, a pipe conveying the pumped air into the lower part of the tank, and a distributer at the end of said pipe inside the tank, said distributer being provided with a-number of apertures, and adapted to distribute the air evenly through the whole mass of water, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GOTTHOLD REINHARDT. 

